US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Oct. 20 for "Vehicle having power running board with user profile" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,053, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle having power running board with user profile" was invented by Adrian Sanchez Montoya (Teoloyucan, Mexico), Mauricio Luevano Lozano (Mexico City), Carlos Yeudiel Corona Ruiz (Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico) and Litzahaya Tzitzintly Salas Garcia (Estado de Mexico, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle having a passenger compartment, one or more doors to allow access to the passenger compartment, and a power running board located proximate to the one or more doors. The power running board is deployable to a first deployed position and ...